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Archive: February, 2012

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Twitter exposes historical data in partnership with Datasift

By Eileen Brown | February 28, 2012, 6:02am PST

Twitter has entered into an agreement with Datasift which will fundamentally change the way you tweet. This is a significant move by Twitter which could have far reaching implications for us all.
Claire's Stores ignores Twitter criticism over copycat design claims

By Eileen Brown | February 23, 2012, 9:40am PST

Claire’s Stores is in the midst of a social backlash on Twitter and Facebook over its copying of Tatty Devine’s designs. This ‘head in the sand’ approach taken by the...
Facebook stores fail f-commerce goals by selling not socialising

By Eileen Brown | February 21, 2012, 10:39am PST

F-commerce stores are shutting or scaling back their offerings. Have stores grasped how to do f-commerce yet or is there a long way to go before social selling really succeeds as a business model?
Twitter opens ad platform for small businesses -- and spammers

By Eileen Brown | February 17, 2012, 11:10am PST

Twitter has launched its new ad platform for small businesses but it will need to put good checks and measures in place to stop malware being spread in ‘Promoted Tweets’ and...
Tesco Twitter PR crisis over 'slave labour' claims

By Eileen Brown | February 16, 2012, 3:19am PST

Tesco ‘Twitter-bods’ complain to Tesco Customer Care about unfair working practices and slave labour after ‘wage free’ job is advertised.
Microsoft goes 'Beyond the Like' with social ads solution

By Eileen Brown | February 15, 2012, 11:03am PST

Microsoft has introduced ‘People Powered Stories’ (PPS) into its social advertising solution and brings ratings and reviews into brand advertising. It is centering its efforts around...
Virgin Media gets social with Cisco Quad collaboration tools

By Eileen Brown | February 14, 2012, 3:55am PST

Virgin Media has taken a step to becoming a more social business. It is deploying Cisco collaboration tools to its 15,000 workers to enable staff to take advantage of its ‘Flexible...
Apple warned off brand-jacking UK TV company name

By Eileen Brown | February 13, 2012, 3:35am PST

Apple is moving forward with its plans to launch a TV — but what will it be called? Certainly not iTV says the independent UK broadcaster.
Cillit Bang and Facebook clean up with All in 1 social commerce offering

By Eileen Brown | February 9, 2012, 8:46am PST

Reckitt Benckiser has taken social commerce one step further than its competition by launching and offering its new Cillit Bang cleaning product exclusively on Facebook.
Barbour buys search ads to fight counterfeit goods

By Eileen Brown | February 7, 2012, 7:01am PST

Barbour the British clothing manufacturer selling luxury goods including the iconic waxed jacket has taken steps to fight the flow of fake goods appearing at the top of search results.